Sun in a bottle? ... Pie in the sky! : the wishful thinking of nuclear fusion energy / L.J. Reinders.
Reinders, L. J.
2021
QC791
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Title Sun in a bottle? ... Pie in the sky! : the wishful thinking of nuclear fusion energy / L.J. Reinders.
Author Reinders, L. J.
ISBN 9783030747343 (electronic bk.)
3030747344 (electronic bk.)
3030747336
9783030747336
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74734-3
Publication Details Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-74734-3 doi
Call Number QC791
Dewey Decimal Classification 621.48/4
Summary This book gives an accessible overview of the 70-year history of nuclear fusion research and the vain attempts to construct an energy-generating nuclear fusion reactor. It shows that even in the most optimistic scenario nuclear fusion, despite the claims of its proponents and the billions being spent on research, will not be able to make a sizable contribution to the energy mix in this century. The important consequence is that nuclear fusion will not be a factor in combating climate change, since the race for carbon-free energy will have been won or lost long before the first nuclear fusion power station comes on line.
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Preface
What is nuclear fusion?
Stellar processes and quantum mechanics
Nuclear fusion of light elements
Plasma
Plasma in nuclear fusion devices
Early history and declassification
Birth of the tokamak
The tokamak stampede and further developments
The Big Tokamaks: TFTR, JET, JT-60
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
Problems, problems, problems &
Post-ITER: Demo and fusion power plants
Spherical tokamaks
Stellarators and other alternative approaches
Privately funded research
Criticism of the fusion enterprise
Economics and sustainability
Environment and safety
Summary and final conclusion.

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